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Firefox 3.5 Treats Videos Like Web Pages

Demo by Mike Beltzner, director of Firefox, on how it uses an open source player to handle video.  
 
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themister969696 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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compatibility sucks though,
DigitalVampire85 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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Why should we build all this stuff into a browser? I think it's b/c people are lazy, stupid, or apathetic. Sometimes, for people to notice or use something, you have to shove it in their face. Is FF now the best at ANYTHING other than browsing? Of course not. Never will be. Is the GMail web client as functional as Evolution or Outlook? Not even close. Can the Video/Audio sent through it ever look/sound as good as individual clients. Probably not. You see where I'm going w/ this.
rossmart34 (3 months ago) Show Hide
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Am I missing something here..? My FF doesn't do any of this with videos and it 3.5..?
FourtyParsecs (3 months ago) Show Hide
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@batwingwashere

The video tag is built in because we're now in the 21st century, where video (esp. interactive video) is now a major component of internet content. However, if you prefer to stay in the 20th century perhaps you might like Netscape Navigator 4.7!
batwingwashere (3 months ago) Show Hide
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You're right - it's 21st century, so why shouldn't we build fully functional media player into an browser (songbird just uses browser's engine). Why don't we get rid of any other application simply to do everything in a browser?
I know it'll come, but I hope to get as far from it as possible, for I would like my browser to be convenient, safe and efficient and not necessarily another all-in-one application...
batwingwashere (3 months ago) Show Hide
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...I think that KDE developers made great step forward deciding it won't be the default web and file browser (although I think that both functionalities are still available).

One application can't be good in everything.
saff3356 (3 months ago) Show Hide
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why is video bulit in? because it's part of new HTML 5 standard
batwingwashere (3 months ago) Show Hide
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So I'm afraid I'll try to stay with my "non HTML 5" firefox as long as possible. I use web browser to browse the web, and prefer watching video using mplayer.
Someone may give me YouTube as an example, but it's an exception not a rule. I want my browser to be a fast and reliable tool, but the more features it includes, the bigger chance for security hole to be found.
MaxKillaDJ (4 months ago) Show Hide
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i agree one of the problems with it is that IT CRASHES on me becouse its to fast cause its fast allready and that plust the added speed the did overloads it or some shit like that :( i cant use the lastest oh well the old one is ok
amat2424 (4 months ago) Show Hide
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faster but not easier to use

cant live without my search bar (not the crappy chrome one)
cant browse without most of my firefox addons

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